UPSC Prelims 2018— Question 33

**Concept and analysis:** An Additional Protocol with the IAEA strengthens the Agency's ability to verify a state's peaceful nuclear activities by giving broader access to information and locations. In India's context, it supplements safeguards arrangements for civilian nuclear facilities. It does not automatically place military installations under IAEA inspection, nor does ratification itself confer NSG membership or an automatic right to buy uranium. The question is testing precise UPSC-level identification rather than a broad association. The key is to distinguish the exact institutional, constitutional, historical, geographical, economic or scientific feature being asked. **Option-wise evaluation** **Option A:** Correct. The civilian nuclear reactors come under IAEA safeguards. directly matches the concept or factual identification established in the analysis. **Option B:** Incorrect. The military nuclear installations come under the inspection of IAEA. is a different institution, place, definition, proposition or description and does not satisfy the specific requirement of the question. **Option C:** Incorrect. The country will have the privilege to buy uranium from the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). is a different institution, place, definition, proposition or description and does not satisfy the specific requirement of the question. **Option D:** Incorrect. The country automatically becomes a member of the NSG. is a different institution, place, definition, proposition or description and does not satisfy the specific requirement of the question. **UPSC takeaway:** The safest way to solve this type of question is to anchor the answer in the defining feature of the concept and then test every option against that feature. Closely related institutions or terms are often used as distractors. In statement-based questions, do not judge the option as a whole before checking each statement independently. In factual questions, compare the wording of each option with the exact definition, location, institutional role, chronology or scientific property. The correct answer follows from that verification rather than from familiarity with a keyword.